Cloud lab founder: chasing full automation is the wrong goal and will fail
anshulkundaje · x · 2026-11-11
A cloud lab practitioner argues that chasing full automation is the wrong goal: it sounds sexy to tech-minded investors, but prioritizing automation above all means wasting money automating things nobody wants. Cloud labs that work will put product-market fit as the top-line goal, with automation as a means rather than the end.
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